This report in the Hindu is headlined "Monuments in NK proposed as World Heritage Sites".It took me a little while to decode "NK" but apparently it stands for "North Karnataka" (a.k.a "Uttara Karnataka"). This is yet another region of an existing Indian State which has aspirations to gain full statehood (See - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Karnataka )This "explains" why the article concentrates on just some of the elements included in this Nomination "The cluster of monuments and forts of the Deccan Sultanate, spread across Bidar, Vijayapura and Kalaburagi districts in the State, have been nominated by the Union government for inscription as UNESCO World Heritage Sites."In fact it seems that the Nomination DOES include elements OUTSIDE "NK" - eg those in Hyderabad which is in Telengana State (Which was itself only created in 2014 by being hived off Andrha Pradesh - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telangana ).So, those of us who have visited Hyderabad can still hope that its monuments gain inscription as part of the wider nomination even if the article largely fails to mention them!!!Nb. They are also on India's T List in their own right as "The Qutb Shahi Monuments of Hyderabad Golconda Fort, Qutb Shahi Tombs, Charminar"Previous nominations of this have failed because of their poor condition and encroachment of unplanned/illegal housing - but it does appear that significant effort/money has been spent to improve things so India may well be able to continue its recent successful run of nominations with this one! See this article from Aug 2018 - https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/hyderabads-legacy-deser ves-world-heritage-tag/articleshow/65273283.cms

In the earlier article I particularly noted the phrase "to have more chances of success, Slovenia will officially present the candidacy".It's that "strategy" again of a country with plenty of WHS using a transnational nomination to further increase its count without having to use up its annual quota of Nominations and hoping that the other country will be given an easier ride!Amazing also that wine producing areas STILL see the possibility of further WHS inscriptions. The area is only a cockstride away from Prosecco!

Just a bit of confirmation on the Great Spas moving forward for 2020 and that Bath will be part of it, making it a double WHS if inscribed, I wonder what the boundaries will be?

I understand that the decision has been made to propose exactly the same boundaries as are currently inscribed - both for ease of "explanation" and so that all the "protections" can be carried forward/replicated.I have been trying to bring them up to date on their claim that "If it was approved then Bath would be a rare double-nominated UNESCO World Heritage site, alongside cultural icons such as Bruges and Barcelona."

Is this going to be a separate site from Skocjan Cave? The nomination is the same area with the cave, I think!

From all the articles I have looked at (in both Slovene and English) a. there seems no doubt that Slovenia is presenting this as an additional separate WHS from that of Skocjan. b. I can find no discussion about whether it should (or should have) incorporate(d) the existing Skocjan Cave WHS - or even if anyone concerned with the nomination anticipates that this question will be raised and needs to be answered in readiness!c. The term "Classical Karst" has a long history and a special "cultural meaning" in the history of geology and refers to a reasonably precisely defined area . Its area does include Skocjan Cave - even though that cave is not included in the selected areas for nomination d. Originally the intention was (with UNESCO/IUCN support) to propose a much wider transnational nomination for the "Dinaric Karst" - incorporating Bosnia and Croatia. Slovenia appears to have become fed up with the lack of support and (again with IUCN/UNESCO support) to have dumped this wider nomination in favour of the limited "Classical Area". This seems to have happened before 2015 when Slovenia added "Classical Karst" to its T Liste. The "Classical Karst" area includes parts of what are now Italy (Trieste area) - but were not of course when the term was coined. I can find no evidence that Italy has tried to jump onto this nomination bandwagon in the same way as it did for the Rhaetian Railway!! This is unlike Italy which rarely misses a trick for gaining an extra WHS in its struggle to stay up with China! Perhaps Slovenia was determined to "go it alone" on this one having been let down with the earlier idea. It is noticeable that of Slovenia's 4 WHS only 1 (Skocjan) is NOT a transnational site.f. The "Classical Karst" nomination has a much broader scope than the much earlier (1986) Skocjan WHS) whose OUV only covers the cave itself (its inscribed area is also very limited that surrounding/over the immediate cave whereas the wider nomination includes surface features of Karst landscap. (The AB evaluation refers to an area of "over 200ha" - but the current official UNESCO description sates 400ha). The Skocjan AB refers to ICOMOS covering cultural aspects - but no record exists that I can discover that such aspects were ever evaluated! Similarly there are articles which describe the "Classical Karst cultural landscape" - but I have no evidence that this would be presented as other than a purely natural WHSg. So, I suppose that Slovenia had a choice of i. incorporating its only existing non transnational WHS into its wider "Classical Karst" nominationii. Including Skocjan in the wider nomination whilst leaving it as a separate WHS as well (in much the same way as e,g Brugges and many other Cultural sites are inscribed twiceiii. excluding Skcjan from the wider nomination and emphasising other aspects for that nomination. It appears to have chosen iii. How successful it will be in separating the geological OUV aspects already included in Skocjan from similar ones included as part of "Classical Karst" we will see. Within "Classical Karst" it has managed to include its other "great" cave tourist attraction - Postojna. We visited it many years ago - long before we visited Skocjan - so the 2 visits are too far apart to compare accurately. I do remember Postojna as being reached on a little tourist railway running inside the cave!